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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Memphis, TN

April 30, 1995Pontotoc County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 1995, 10:12 PM CDT for Pontotoc County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 1995, 10:12 PM CDT (03:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 1995, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Pontotoc County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1995-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1995-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
678 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
360 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 010313
SVRMEM
MSC115-010400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1012 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN PONTOTOC COUNTY
 
AT 1010 PM WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN
PONTOTOC COUNTY JUST SOUTHWEST OF TROY. THE STROM IS MOVING EAST AROUND
30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM HAS THE PONTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola35 min
Apr 30, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola35 min
Apr 30, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette37 min
Apr 30, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc34 min
Apr 30, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw48 min
Apr 30, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee46 min
Apr 30, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe46 min
Apr 30, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee26 min
Apr 30, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe32 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.